Replacing Part Of An .ini File?
Feb 28, 2012
So i have an .ini file where one of the lines is for the output of a file. i need to substitute the current output in the file with a filepath that is stored in my vb app (named filepath). so i need a snippet that will open the ini file, find the correct line, and place my variable in there. ill paste in what the ini file looks like
[PDF Printer]
output=C:\Users\bobbyt\Desktop\test.pdf
confirmoverwrite=no
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its not code so i suppose i shouldn't place tags around it. so that first line needs to have my new filepath in it.
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Mar 11, 2010
I am trying to replace a string which is actually different from line to line in a text file. I want to end up with a filename but without the path. For example:
My text file contains:
C: est estingmorefilename.mpg
C: est estfiles1 estfile4.mpg
W: estinglocation estingmore estfiles9.mpg
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May 21, 2009
in my text file i have two part. Called bottom and top. So i need to read the Top part first then and match the line with bottom part. Its like this
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Nov 5, 2010
friend of mine has no HTML knowledge so I'm attempting to write a program that replaces certain parts of a html file to suit his needs.I've edited the HTML file and marked certain parts with "tags" like this:
#IMAGEURL1# I have a textbox where he can copy + paste an image URL and hopefully the #IMAGEURL1# is replaced with the contents of the textbox.
So can someone please enlighten me to-as how to open a HTML file (there's no textbox to display the contents just yet, I'll add one if needed), find the specified text and then replace it with whats in a textbox.
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Jun 11, 2010
i am developing a software called Logon screen changer xp and i get this error [URL] what is the solution the program is created in vb.net 2008 with .net framework 2.0 and it changes a registry value and replaces a file and copies a file very simple but there are security issues with xp
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Feb 29, 2012
How can I upload an image 1.png into the program and then once the program is opened, that image gets saved here:LibrariesDocumentsand if there is already a file called 1.png in that directory.
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Jul 14, 2009
I am using the .Replace function of a string. My string is a module I have added for a resource which looks like this: My.Computer.Network.DownloadFile("This String Will Go Away/details.txt", "details.txt") And then in my application I have:
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Mar 24, 2009
I am loading a dataset with a csv file.I remove the quotes around each field in the csv file and I am splitting each field wherever there is a comma:Dim fields() As String = lines(i).Split(","c) The problem is that some of the fields have a comma in the csv file (surrounded by double quotes).How do I replace those commas with a space to avoid problems when loading the dataset?
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Sep 5, 2011
I decided to use XML to handle some of my configuration chores. My XML file looks something like this:
<catagories>
<catagory path= "C: empwyoming" name="Wyoming">
<URL Filename="Picture1.jpg">http://www.domain1.com/pic.jpg</URL>
<URL Filename="Picture2.jpg">http://www.domain2.com/pic.jpg</URL>
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I'm wanting to manage this list in my program. Currently, I have written code to read the catagories into a combo box, and once a catagory is chosen, I can read the children URL nodes into a listview. I want to allow editing and re-arranging of the URLs in the listview, and I'll have no problems with that. So my question is, what is the best way to dump the listview back to the xml file? You should consider the contents of the listview as a replacement for ALL of the existing children in the XML file.
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Jul 20, 2010
I have about 7,000 files (with temporary file names) that I need to replace with specific file names.
I figure I can match up the temp file names with the needed file names in
access. I'm not sure where to go from there.
I do not have to use a database if there is another way of going about it
but I do not think there is.
amounts of file names to unqiue IDs/names?
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Jan 15, 2012
What I want to do is replace the host file in windows so basically I want to make a button that says change host file so when click I have a host file in resources so when I click the button I want to to overwrite the old one with the new one but the C:/windows/system32/drivers/etc then hosts is there a way I can change it tho my program.
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Dec 9, 2010
I CAN REPLACE A TEXT IN ANY FILE BUT I SHOULD READ THAT FIRST AND IN HEAVY FILE IT TAKE A LOT OF TIMe. I WANT REPLACE A LINE (I KNOW WHERE IS LINE IN A FILE(FIRST LINE)) WITH SOMETHING (LIKE NOTHING "" OR ANY THING ELSE).
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Aug 12, 2011
What I basically have is a small game which I want to count wins/loss/ties. I have no problem with the game aspect but need to know how I can replace a string in a csv file. IE: If Jim wins the game, his 5 needs to be turned to a 6. After googling quite a while I came across the replace() function, but it doesn't actually rewrite it back to the text file
Contents of users.txt:
Jim,1.jpg,5,1,0
Will,2.jpg,6,7,0
Tom,3.jpg,5,5,0
Snippet of
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The issue I have, is if I try to use any sort of IO function after this (WriteAllLines, streamwriter, etc) - I get a process is being used and can't touch the file (because its being read).Must I somehow create a new file with a copy of everything including the replaced string?
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Apr 14, 2010
I am using the following code, but cannot get this to work. I have got it to work if the replacement is just of one word. So if the word test is replaced by mouse and the only thing in the file is the word test, it works.
How can I replace like this:
CH_IPVOD_filename.mpg > replace the CH_IPVOD_ with nothing for the result of:
filename.mpg
?
I would like to replace every instance of ch_ipvod_ with nothing.
Public Class Form4
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim fso, inputFile, outputFile
Dim str As String
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Jul 19, 2011
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Feb 14, 2010
In my current program I need to be able to copy a text file, renaming it to default.txt, and overwriting the existing default.txt.
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Aug 25, 2010
I've got two programs, one is the main and the other is the updater. So far iv'e got it so that the main program checks for an update by comparing its version number with the latest one that's stored as a text file on the server. If there's a newer one, the update program is started and the main one closed. The update program will then use a web browser component to navigate to the download link and download the new version. The only problem I'm having at the moment is, How can I get the new downloaded version to replace the current one in Program Files? and will this cause permission problems?
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Sep 6, 2010
I created a setup project along with my main program everything compiles ok and I'm able to install a successfully. The problem I am experiencing is when I try to install over the previous version. I have set the setup property RemovePreviousVersion to TRUE , DetectNewerInstalledVersion to TRUE and I also increment the Version number and choose Yes when prompted to automatically change the ProductCode.
What I find is that when I install my program, the date on a subfolder changes, I don't expect the dates of the support files to change. but I do expect the date of my main .exe file to change. Unfortunately it stays the same. Running the program also shows that this file was not updated. I have read the MSDN articles on this but cannot figure it out.
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Feb 9, 2010
I have a binary file. If I look at it with a hex editor, the first values are:208, 207, 17, 224, 161, 177, 26, 225, 0, 0, 0, ... etc.It has a length of 330240 bytes I have tried to open it and read it into a string so I can manipulate it and write it back. No matter what I use, I either don't get the correct number of bytes or the values in the string are incorrect. The most common error results in the first values being: 63, 63, 17, 63, 63, 26, 0, 0, 0 .... etc.It is interesting that it appears that any value > 63 becomes 63.
I get the 2nd values by a simple loop:
For lnx = 0 To 99
Debug.Write(Asc(line.Substring(lnx, 1)))
Next
I have tried a whole number of ways to read in the file, including filestream, My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllText, File.io.readAllLines, etc.All either give me a string length of about 324000 (not sure why) or, if they do, don't have the correct values. Yes, I have tried various encoding options.
I need to find a string (sort of like: "D" & Chr(0) + "L" & Chr(0) + "S" & Chr(0)... ) so I can then replace that portion of the string with a new value, then write out the file.I use the ".indexOf" to find the data in the string.Why can't I load the file into a string? Or, do you know of an easy way to find some text (similar to above) in a file and then replace the next x number of bytes with a new value and close the file?
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Jul 9, 2009
Sorry if this seems like I haven't searched, however I have. Maybe I'm not understanding something or maybe I just haven't found what I need. Anyway my question is this. How would I find multiple strings in a text file and replace them? So far I've been able to find out how to replace a single string with:
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Sep 29, 2011
I have question that very difficult for me, I have one File that contains 2 Image File in footer of File, The Image File is Jpg and Bmp File, in Offset 200 of File contain Jpg File and in end of Size Jpg File, there are BMP File.
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Oct 2, 2011
I am trying to figure out how to replace text in a text file on a specific line number. (for testing, line number 4).
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Jun 4, 2011
I have some large csv files (1.5gb each) where I need to replace specific values. The method I'm currently using is terribly slow and I'm fairly certain that there should be a way to speed this up but I'm just not experienced enough to know what I should be doing. This is my first post and I tried searching through to find something relevant but didn't come across anything.
My other thought would be to break the file into chunks so that I can read the entire thing into memory, do all of the replacements there and then output to a consolidated file. I tried this but the way I did it actually ended up seeming slower than my current method.
Sub Main()
Dim fName As String = "2009.csv"
Dim wrtFile As String = "2009.1.csv"
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Jan 27, 2010
File I/O and Registry :: replacing single filename in multiple directories and subdirectories
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Feb 22, 2011
im making an application in vb.net (duh!) anyway i have created and coded the whole project and it performs exactly as i want it to (i dont need code help). my problem lies with the fact that my project is 2-3 parts
1.a setup form that gathers inital data about the enviroment stores this data encrypted in a config file. after inital setup this form is not displayed again. but needs to be run on both computers
2. the second form is the real application form im in the process of turning this part in to a background service anyway this form is the one that establishes the connection between two nodes it works correctly
3. the config files
anyway here is my problem i want to make this application distributional with just one file the (.exe) and have this .exe make everything else happen. it runs the setup form and creates the first config file which it does then it needs to produce a copy of just the second form and the config file to transfer to workstation #2 that will run independtly without the whole application which i cant make happen then it needs to turn both workstations application on by only starting one on either computer and invoke the other computer to start its corrosponding app also no idea how to make this happen any ideas or suggestions as to where to look to try to find my answers.im thinking i might need to make two seperate applications (a setup app, and the running app) and include them both in a project and use the setup.exe to to package them together this is a little side project that im making for my self to use to make programming a little easier so i plan on giving it out to some fellow students to test and tell me what they think so im not really worried about ease of use or complicated procedures yet but if it turns out to work and actually be of use to anyone else i would be willing to rewrite it to distribute to the masses but for now i just want it to work for me.
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Dec 16, 2009
I would like to know how to remove part of a text file between two points
For example, say i have a text file that contains:
Code:
START
<LOWER_LINE>
-4.920156 -2.543200 4.277774
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I want to write directly to the source file. The files I want to edit are only about 30KB
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May 18, 2011
txt1 = help and txt2 = me! txt3 = not here, when i enter the other box i want the okay to drop sign to come up, after drop txt1=me! and txt2 = help.if i drag to txt3 display the can't drop sign.Iv'e tried everything all i can do is replace one way.also,i want the can't drop and can drop simbols to show.so far
Public
Class Form1
Private
Sub tbMouseDown(ByVal
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Mar 14, 2011
I have a script that parses the value from between two parenthesis -now i need to modify the script to exctract the name after the second underscore and before the third underscore...is there a way to do that?...This is a vb script task in side of a ssis package
Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Math
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
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Apr 27, 2009
The following code reads an XML file and selects the CREDIT_SCORE node with the lowest value. Works fine if there is always a CREDIT_SCORE node. However, I get runtime errors if a PLUS_BORROWER node does not always have a CREDIT_SCORE child node (especially the first PLUS_BORROWER). I added /CREDIT_SCORE to the end of the XPath (and removed scoreNode references) and now it always selects the minimum CREDIT_SCORE. But I do not get the PHONE_NBR.
First - getting the minimum CREDIT_SCORE in a single XPATH is my primary need. And adding the /CREDIT_SCORE to the XPATH accomplishes this.[code...]
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Apr 23, 2009
Excuse my semantics, I am trying to get the idea across but do not know XML terminology.There are multiple occurances of the PLUS_BORROWER data. I want to save the each of the Credit_Score (793 in this example) and DAYTIME_PHONE_NBR when the Type (Primary in this example) and SOCIAL_SECURITY_NBR are certain values.Then I want to execute a loop and extract the Credit_Score and Daytime_Phone_Nbrs.
HTML
<PLUS_BORROWER Type="Primary">
<SOCIAL_SECURITY_NBR>123459999</SOCIAL_SECURITY_NBR>
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